Background
She was born in Millerovo, Rostov Oblast, where her parents moved during the World World War World War II Her father was murdered by the Nazis in May 1941.
She was born in Millerovo, Rostov Oblast, where her parents moved during the World World War World War II Her father was murdered by the Nazis in May 1941.
After the war Mira Żelechower and her mother came back to Poland and settled in Wrocław. In 1966 she graduated from Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts and one year later, she has debuted as a painter at the "Galeria Teatru Kalambur" in Wrocław. In the 1960s and the 1970s Mira Żelechower-Aleksiun was taking part in the important painters" conferences, including 4th and 7th Overview of the Polish Contemporary Art in Szczecin, 8th and 9th Group of Realists" Exhibition in Warsaw and January Spychalski Painting Contest in Poznań.
They have one daughter, a historian Natalia Aleksiun.